Multicultural Counseling Competencies Flashcards
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The Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC), as developed by Sue, Arredondo, and McDavis (1992), are organized around which three domains?
Answer: Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills
The original MCC framework organizes competencies around counselor awareness (of own assumptions/biases), knowledge (of client worldviews), and skills (culturally appropriate interventions).
The concept of 'cultural humility' differs from 'cultural competence' primarily in that cultural humility:
Answer: Emphasizes ongoing self-reflection, openness, and recognition of power imbalances rather than claiming expertise
Cultural humility emphasizes lifelong learning, self-reflection, and acknowledging that no one can be fully 'competent' in all cultures — replacing the idea of mastery with ongoing curiosity.
A counselor who assumes that all members of a cultural group share the same values, beliefs, and behaviors is demonstrating:
Answer: Stereotyping and overgeneralization
Assuming all members of a cultural group are the same is stereotyping — it ignores within-group diversity and individual differences.
Which of the following is an example of a 'microaggression' in the counseling relationship?
Answer: Asking an Asian American client where they are 'really from' after they say they are from Ohio
Asking where someone is 'really from' implies they are not truly American and invalidates their American identity — a classic microinsult/microinvalidation.
The ADDRESSING framework (Hays, 2008) is used in multicultural counseling to help counselors examine multiple cultural identity dimensions. Which answer correctly lists several ADDRESSING components?
Answer: Age, Developmental disability, Disability (acquired), Religion, Ethnicity, Social status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, and Gender
The ADDRESSING framework covers: Age, Developmental disability, Disability (acquired), Religion, Ethnicity, Social status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, and Gender.
A Latina client tells her counselor that she does not discuss personal problems outside the family due to 'familismo.' The counselor's MOST culturally responsive approach is to:
Answer: Explore the cultural value, understand the client's perspective, and integrate family strengths into treatment where appropriate
Familismo is a core Latino cultural value emphasizing family loyalty, obligation, and interdependence — counselors should respect and integrate this value rather than pathologize it.